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Wycombe Wanderers 1
Bristol City 2 |
| Wednesday
4th April 2001 |
 With
the entire First Team squad away in Spain, it was Gary Goodchild's Youth Team
that took on Bristol City for the final home Combination game of the season.
Once again they put up an excellent display and were desperately unlucky to go
down by two goals to one.
The City goal led a charmed life in the first-half with Leeyon Phelan seeing two
efforts cleared off the line in quick succession. First Phelan connected with
Jonny Dixon's 23rd minute right wing cross only for Ben Cleverley to hook the
ball away and then three minutes later it was a Peter Holsgrove cross that ended
with Phelan's header being cleared by Danny Coles.
City came on strong in the closing stages of the half with Jamie Edwards and
Albano Correia both going close before Marvin Brown beat 'keeper Steve
Williams to a through ball and then had the simple task of knocking the ball
into an empty net.
Correia went close again for the visitors shortly after the restart but
Wycombe's best spell came around the hour mark culminating in an equaliser on 71
minutes. Before then Dixon's cross from the right had just eluded Holsgrove
before Phelan saw his shot shut out and then Holsgrove saw a shot from the left
flank slam against the far post before being cleared. The equaliser came after a
neat through ball by new Youth Team signing Billy Harding, the 16 year son of
former Enfield and Notts County player Paul. Harding's pass put in Phelan who
managed to lob the ball over the advancing Anthony Malessa in the City goal.
Typically, just as it looked like Wycombe would press on for a winner they were
hit with a sucker punch on 75 minutes - a wonder strike from Danny Coles - the
City player striking home from a full 35 yards and giving Williams no chance in
the Wycombe goal.
Wanderers searched for another equaliser but could have conceded more when
Lorenco Da Silva saw an effort cleared off the line and in the dying minutes Tom
Jordan, son of former City boss Joe, crashed a header against the Wycombe
crossbar.
Final Score Wycombe 1 Bristol City 2
Wycombe:
Williams, Smillie, Parsons, Simpemba, Leach, Dixon, Sudheimer (sub
66 Harding), Lynott, Cook, Phelan, Holsgrove
all subs used |
Reporting for Chairboys on
the Net at Adams Park was Paul Lewis
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